Development Practices

Don't use ad-hoc error handling in your application. Instead, use this step-by-step process so that your code is predictable and maintainable.

Use the most appropriate data structures provided by the programming language. Keep your error data as simple as possible without losing information.

Think of each error as either an exception or a failure (depending on how severe/rare it is), and classify the error based on what caused it.

Learning a new programming language can be daunting. So spent time familiarizing yourself with its particulars before you jump in and start coding.

Software is more like making a movie than building a bridge. The pitch meeting isn't the same as watching the movie, and the script can't tell you what it's going to cost.

Deciding to build foundation code "when you need it" isn't very concrete. When you move from iterating to incrementing, that's the time to invest.